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Q165713: Creation of an Emergency Repair Disk Fails

Article: Q165713
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

When you use the Create Repair Disk option of the Repair Disk Utility, you can
receive the following error message:

  Repair Disk Utility could not copy all files to the Emergency Repair Disk.

  One or more configuration files were not found.

CAUSE
=====

One or more of the following files may be missing from the %SystemRoot%\repair
directory:

  autoexec.nt
  config.nt
  default._
  security._
  software._
  system._
  sam._

RESOLUTION
==========

Use the RDISK utility with the -s option to replace all needed files. RDISK with
no parameters will not replace the following files:

  sam._
  system._
  default._

Additional query words: diskette fail doesn't work unexpected

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Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg kbsetup 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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